Thursday, February 27, 2025

Whats DCI ?

DCI: - DCI (Downlink Control Information) is transmitted from the eNodeB (also known as eNB, which is the base station in LTE networks) to the UE (User Equipment)

eNodeB to UE:

·         The eNodeB transmits DCI to the UE in the downlink direction. DCI carries critical information regarding the scheduling of downlink and uplink resources. This includes information like resource block allocation, modulation and coding scheme, HARQ (Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request) process, and power control commands.

·         The DCI is embedded in the PDCCH (Physical Downlink Control Channel), which is responsible for informing the UE about where to find its allocated data in the LTE frame structure.

·         After receiving the DCI, the UE knows which time-frequency resources it should use for either receiving downlink data or sending uplink data.

·         DCI formats are required to tell the UE how to get its data which is transmitted on PDSCH in the same Subframe.

·         PDCCH is a control channel that carries DCI information. DCI is like a map for a UE to find and decode PDSCH from the resource grid.

The DCI format gives the UE, details such as:

·         Number of resource blocks

·         Resource allocation type

·         Modulation scheme

·         Transport block

·         Redundancy version (RV)

·         Coding rate

·         CQI

·         CSG info

Here is an example of how DCI formats are used:

·         The eNB wants to send data to a UE.

·         The eNB selects a set of resource blocks on the PDSCH to carry the data.

·         The eNB encodes the data into a transport block.

·         The eNB encodes the DCI information for the transport block.

·         The eNB transmits the DCI information on the PDCCH.

·         The UE receives the DCI information and decodes it.(DCI = 0 For SSS additions)

·         The UE uses the DCI information to decode the transport block on the PDSCH.

·         Once the UE has decoded the transport block, it can extract the data that was intended for it.

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